The Hunger Games Imagine being in a game where someone has to kill people for the enjoyment of others. AN unwilling young women had to volunteer for a gruesome game after her younger sister was drawn for and she always protected her so she had no choice to volunteer. in this game she has to survive the the other players and the elements. The puritans would would be disgusted with the book,”The Hunger Games” for there dress, sinful lifestyle, and self-reliance. The puritans would despise,”The Hunger Games” due to there dress. In the story the upper class male had very strange dress clothing on. The hairstyles are so strange instead of somewhat long and tied back and dark colors. The male characters in the story had really long and dyed bright colors and would go straight up. The women puritans dress is completely different than from the women's in the books dress the puritans dress had little to no color and showed absolutely no skin on the upper torso and on the lower part of the body. In “The Hunger Games” all the females dress was all color. They also showed so much skin in the upper and lower part of the body. in the puritan daily clothing life there was no color. In “The Hunger Games” all of their clothes had all color there was not …show more content…
The puritans don't like that at all. Self-reliance is a big no no in the puritans eyes, all of their work normally had help with others in the community. In the book the main character was the biggest one that had self-reliance. She would go outside the fence and go hunt with a bow to get food for her family. She would do this alone with no one to help or hunt with her. Even when she was in the games she would go off alone so she would survive the games and try to make it home to her family. Even if u were winning the games they would make you go on your own if you had a team there was only one winner so they have to leave each
... not be so blindly relied upon. However, after a bit more delving, that the story speaks not only of faith and it's hazards, but of the flaws in the puritan system.
In today’s world, words, phrases, and commonly known sayings have been altered into an abomination of societies issues and thoughts. Some of earth’s most natural pieces have been used to represent some of today’s most popular brands and technology, such as the apple and Macintosh. Like A. E. Waite said, “The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.” A common occurrence of symbols are demonstrated by Suzanne Collins which signify references predominant in Greek and Roman mythology and deliver deeper meaning to the characters and their role in the novel The Hunger Games.
Though many societies are different from each other in appearance, they have more aspects in common than some may expect. This is very true in the societies in the movie, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, and the short story, “The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson. The Hunger Games is about the struggle of a young woman who is trying to survive a deadly competition between multiple people drawn and nominated to fight to the death for sport due to a failed revolt against the government. “The Lottery” is a story about how families are picked at random with one member getting stoned to death and how a young woman decides to stand up to her society. Both The Hunger Games and “The Lottery” have many similarities in regards to tradition
A dystopian text often consists of a society that is based on a utopian ideal of a “perfect” society. Despite being a fictitious setting, the more realistic a dystopian text seems, the more disturbing it is for the audience. The novel The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, takes place in the Republic of Gilead that was formerly the state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts has been reformed to a place where puritan traditions and beliefs are the only customs allowed. Gilead and its totalitarian government oppress women to the extent where rape is a norm in their society. The novel The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is about a contest held in the country of Panem, where twelve teenagers are forced to fight one another until only one survives the battle. The people of Panem are mandated in watching this contest, as a reminder of the previous uprising that was stopped by their totalitarian government called the Capitol. Atwood depicts Gilead in a way where it is almost possible for the society in Gilead to
In our Society when you don't follow the rules, you become an outcast to the rest of the society. Suzanne Collins’ novel series, The Hunger Games criticizes our society and its demands for people of specific genders to act in certain ways and become certain things. Stereotypes concerning gender are prevalent in our society and all over the world. However, The Hunger Games gives a very refreshing tone of “mockery” to these stereotypes. Katniss Everdeen isn’t your typical 16 year old girl, and neither is Peeta Mellark a typical 16 year old boy, especially when they are fighting everyday just to survive. The Hunger Games is a work of social commentary, used to convince us that there can’t and shouldn’t be any defined “roles” based on gender. A mixture of “stereo-typical” gender roles within a person and their actions is what people need just to survive in our world that is changing every day.
Appearance and fashion are important factors that drive our societies today. We live in a world where people are judged by the way they look, dress and carry themselves. This phenomenon is display by Suzanne Collins in her New York Times bestseller trilogy the “Hunger Games”. In this book, Collins presents a dystopian world, a world that is awful and terrible. The different themes used in this book are violence, corruption, obsession, inequality and physical appearance and they somehow related to our world. She compared Panem with our world. The goal of the book is to warn people that if we don’t used resources efficiently, if we don’t help each other, if we still obsessed with money we will end up killing each other. During the games, look and appearance were surprisingly one way to win. Like the Hunger Games, people nowadays are giving too much importance in their look because society has leaded them to. It may seems unexpected to compare the Hunger games to our world but unfortunately, look became an important factor of decisions. Suzanne Collins does an amazing job in her book by warning us of how the future could be if we do not change our behavior, but what are the links and signs to our actual world and how is that a danger for societies?.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is critically acclaimed for the portrayal of New England Puritans in his fiction. The grim picture of the rigid and forbidding Puritan community in his works reflects the widespread attitude towards Puritans, yet Professor Deborah L. Madsen, in her paper, “Hawthorne’s Puritans: From Fact to Fiction” claims that this monolithic portrayal of Puritanism results in a ‘powerful misrepresentation of the actual puritans [and] of the dynamics of Puritan theology’ (Madsen 1999, p 510) . The present response is a critical review of Madsen’s paper.
Puritans originated as a main protestant group separating themselves from the English church in the 16th century. Their radical mores distinguished them as a very draconian yet almost utopian group as they aimed to live very uniformly by their core values. Today the term “puritan” may be used to describe someone who has very disciplinary perspectives on sexual morality. This stems from the historical Puritans’ lack of tolerance for sexual activity outside of the marital requirements. Living by such oppressive laws, the punishments for lawbreakers equaled the harshness, revealed in the novel with frequent authoritarian imagery. In Puritanical society, bestowing shame and guilt may be regarded as the best forms of penalty. In...
“Those who think or act independently are seen as a threat to the community and they must be eliminated.” The Puritans believe that they are on the planet to please God. They must devote their lives to God and not act put as an independent person. They must follow God's Law and must be in church. The man of each house is a part of the village where they choose how to run their families. The woman of the house must do chores and are not aloud to act as an individual. Everyone must attend church or will be punished through humiliation. The Puritans ran their village or township with their government and religious beliefs combined. Which was the complete opposite of the Rationalists.
The Puritans believed in the basis of family and social harmony. Their homes were the center of their livelyhood and were relied upon for their food and income. All members of the family were expected to work to provide for the family. Aside from the normal household duties, women and children often worked their own fields and crops or contributed to making supplies that were needed for the household or to sell outside of the home. The Puritans believed that women, children and servants should be obedient to males or the head of the household and subservient to their husbands authority. In exchange for a safe haven and a roof ...
The literature of Puritan America reflects the beliefs and values of the settlers in many ways. The first example is from the poem “Here follows some verses upon the burning of our house”. The quote “Adieu, Adieu, all's vanity. Then straight i’gin my heart to chide…”(Line 36-37) means that she wants to fix her thoughts and actions. The reason that I say this is because the Puritans believed that only the elct get to go to paradise. In this quote Anne Bradstreet is saying goodbye to the way she was, and saying hello to the person she is going to become in order to be apart of the elect.
Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery both demonstrate tradition, scapegoating, and sacrifice as the theme in their story. In “The Lottery” a violent murder occurs each year in order to preserve tradition. The same occurs in The Hunger Games where a tribute is chosen, one male, and one female to represent their district in a deadly death match. However, both stories end with different outcomes. In The Hunger Games whoever is victorious will live a life of riches and freedom whereas in one family member is chosen to be stoned to death. These two stories have one major difference. While The Hunger Games are a punishment, The Lottery is a result of tradition. The stories contain scapegoating by the characters trying to escape their fate by anyway possible including selfishness. Both of these stories demonstrate the meaning of tradition, scapegoating, and sacrifice.
Realists were also trying to push for social reform through their writing, hinting at what may happen if reforms do not take place. Emily Dickinson views the Puritan life as a life that oppresses people from the joys it can bring. Puritans try to live a life full of hard work and little pleasure since pleasure is a thing of the devil.
The Puritan Plain Style is a type of writing in which uncomplicated sentences and ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements. This style was favored by the Puritans who wanted to express themselves clearly, in accordance with their religious beliefs. Puritans who settled North America had very specific views on nature, the land, and the country. Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner look at nature in a very sensitive way, but on the other hand they both go against nature and its forces. Each writer is unique in their own way, both write about the forces of nature and the natural world. Examples are “The Bear” by William Faulkner and “Big Two Hearted River” by Ernest Hemingway in which both write about the challenges of nature and feelings. Both Hemingway and Faulkner look at nature in very sensitive ways, but on the other hand they both go against nature and its forces in their own ways.
The Puritans' sense of justice consists of making those they deem sinners an object of public mockery and a shameful example to the rest of the people. The pillory is portrayed as a "contrivance of wood and iron" constructed in such a way that it was "fashioned as to confined the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold...